What are context attributes?

I understand the context init parameters,servlet init parameters etc. but i dont seem to understand what context attributes exactly are and what are they used for???Can someone please explain it to me in simple words??

Sagar S Shah wrote:yeah i get that...i want to know what are context attibutes.

They are attributes of the web application. Data items which are specific to the web application as a whole.

Sagar S Shah

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posted 5 years ago

Are you guys saying that it is the data that is common to the entire web app???In that case how is it different from context init parameters??Also i think now i dont really understand what an attribute is.So what is an attibute exactly??